The above photo is a page from Alaska ABC Book by Charlene Kreeger and Shannon Cartwright. Alaska's state flower is the forget-me-not.
Last spring, we used the bottle stamping technique from Frugal Family Fun Blog to make flowers and I thought this technique would be perfect for making forget-me-nots.
C and R each used an empty 1 liter seltzer bottle and pressed the bottom of it into light blue paint. Then, they stamped the design onto construction paper.
Once they were done with this step, we left the papers to dry.
When the blue paint was dry, they used the caps from the same seltzer bottles to create the center of the flowers.
They dipped the caps in yellow paint and then in the center of their flowers. If your child is under three and will put the cap in his or her mouth, just leave it screwed onto the bottle for the stamping.
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Very fun! These turned out cute! We did this last year.. can't wait to start doing some pretty spring crafts!!
We did this fun project a few months ago.
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Pretty! We've never tried this type of painting, yet :)
Fabulous! I remember seeing these all over blogland a couple years ago, but your blog is the first place I've seen them since!
So pretty! It's awesome that you repeat the projects from time to time - I discover more and more often than daughter needs a lot of repetition to really remember something, especially if this something not of a high interest to her (and in this house it applies to majority of art projects).
Thanks for the reminder - that's one I haven't tried with the girls - and they would love it!
Extremely Cute and Creative! My Kiddos would think this is fun. Thanks for the peak.
I remember that post! We haven't done it yet either. I can't wait to start the spring projects, but I'm forcing myself to wait. Spring just never comes soon enough around here!
And they're still cute as can be. I totally forgot about this, I could have used this for peach blossoms, but just as well I already had enough projects for a long time.
Oh, seeing this post made me SO happy!!! What a fun way to make forget-me-nots! :-) And thank you for the link-love! xoxo
Cute! That fox is adorable too!
Those Forget-Me-Nots ARE unforgettable!
This is such a cute idea. Next time Selena is wanting to paint, we might just have to give this a try.
That is a cute way to make a flower...I will have to try this with my kiddos!
Yours definitely came out "better" than ours did. Next time, I will try a smaller bottle and a cap.
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